1892–93 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1874–1961)

Aston Villa
1892–93 season
ManagerGeorge Ramsay
GroundWellington Road
Football League4th
FA Cupfirst round

The 1892–93 English football season was Aston Villa's 5th season in the Football League since its formation. George Ramsay would continue in charge of Aston Villa while the Management Committee continued to pick the team. The season fell in what was to be called Villa's golden era.[1]

First-class cricketer[2] and England football international, Jack Devey was Captain. Denny Hodgetts also captained the team.[3]

Frederick Rinder had become the club's financial secretary in 1892, and set about installing turnstiles at Villa's Perry Barr ground. Gate receipts immediately increased from £75 to £250. He introduced many other good business practices to the club. It was his idea to make Aston Villa a limited company. Rinder would later be known as the 'Grand Old Man of Aston Villa'.

There were debut appearances for Bill Dunning (64), Bob Chatt, Jack Ramsay, Peter Dowds, Jock Fleming, George A Davis, Jimmy Logan, Fred Burton, Bob Roberts, David Skea, William Devey, Albert Woolley and Arthur Stokes (13).[4]

First Division

Main article: 1892–93 Football League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Relegation
1 Sunderland (C) 30 22 4 4 100 36 2.778 48
2 Preston North End 30 17 3 10 57 39 1.462 37
3 Everton 30 16 4 10 74 51 1.451 36
4 Aston Villa 30 16 3 11 73 62 1.177 35
5 Bolton Wanderers 30 13 6 11 56 55 1.018 32
6 Burnley 30 13 4 13 51 44 1.159 30
7 Stoke 30 12 5 13 58 48 1.208 29
8 West Bromwich Albion 30 12 5 13 58 69 0.841 29
9 Blackburn Rovers 30 8 13 9 47 56 0.839 29
10 Nottingham Forest 30 10 8 12 48 52 0.923 28
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 12 4 14 47 68 0.691 28
12 The Wednesday 30 12 3 15 55 65 0.846 27
13 Derby County 30 9 9 12 52 64 0.813 27
14 Notts County (R) 30 10 4 16 53 61 0.869 24 Qualification for test matches
15 Accrington 30 6 11 13 57 81 0.704 23 Resigned from league[a]
16 Newton Heath (O) 30 6 6 18 50 85 0.588 18 Qualification for test matches
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Accrington did not join the Second Division for the following season after losing their test match.

Results

Home \ Away ACC AST BLB BOL BUR DER EVE NWH NOT NTC PNE STK SUN WED WBA WOL
Accrington 1–1
Aston Villa 6–4 4–1 1–1 1–3 6–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–2 1–6 5–1 5–2 5–0
Blackburn Rovers 2–2
Bolton Wanderers 5–0
Burnley 0–2
Derby County 2–1
Everton 1–0
Newton Heath 2–0
Nottingham Forest 4–5
Notts County 1–4
Preston North End 4–1
Stoke 0–1
Sunderland 6–0
The Wednesday 5–3
West Bromwich Albion 3–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1
Source: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[5] and Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.[6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Aston Villa Club History 1900 – 1939". AVFC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
  2. ^ "Jack Devey". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  3. ^ AVFC History: 1892–93 season
  4. ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
  5. ^ "England 1892–93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  6. ^ Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.